Sunday, July 6, 2025

Context

Stories in the Context section are not fakes. We publish them in order to provide greater insight for our readers about the techniques, methods and practices used by the Russian government in its information war. They appear on our site with the permission of their original publisher and reflect the views of the authors and not necessarily the position of StopFake’s editorial board.

Kremlin’s infowar in the Baltics

Moscow switches from unfriendly rhetoric to state-sponsored lies Vladimir Sazonov for StopFake.org One of the main components of a hybrid or non-linear warfare is the information...

Russian Crimea Annexation Documentary Filled with Lies and Errors

In February 2015 Russia’s national television channel Rossia-1 aired “Crimea, the way home”  Andrey Kondrashov’s film about the annexation of Crimea by the Russian...

Conspiracy Files: Who shot down MH17?

Conspiracy theories swirl around many accidents, terror attacks or disasters. It's not surprising, then, that a host of different claims surround the crash of...

How Russia’s worst propaganda myths about Ukraine seep into media language

Over the past two years, much has been written about the “Ukraine crisis.” This phrase is, in fact, a euphemism, used purposefully by some...

The Next Attack on Russia’s Free Press Comes Into Focus

Someone in Russia desperately wants people to think the billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is preparing to sell off two particularly important assets: the energy company Quadra and...

Report EAK – Internet and “information warfare” of president Putin

Aggressive propaganda accompanies Russian aggression on Ukraine, writes Akademia Europejska. Kremlin's "information warfare theory" grew bigger and became a crucial element of the "hybrid warfare". Kremlin...

Russian Propaganda in Georgia and the EU’s Measures

Russian propaganda in Georgia becomes more sophisticated. While media continues to be the most effective propaganda tool, Russia makes a wider use of specific...

Hybrid reconciliation

It seems that, subsequent to the "hybrid war" between Ukraine and Russia, reconciliation efforts have ensued – but only at first glance. In fact,...

Russian journalists denied accreditation, Moscow threatens retaliatory action

The Czech Foreign Ministry has denied accreditation to two Russian journalists in Prague, eliciting an angry response from Moscow, which accused the Czech authorities...

Agents of the Russian World: Proxy Groups in the Contested Neighbourhood

Events in Crimea and Donbas have exposed the supportive role of Russian non-state actors in fomenting conflict, Orysia Lutsevych writes for Chatham House. Summary Anxious...